Envirotec Magazine
MAY 7, 2021
How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2023
The study found, once the bulk of emissions have been reduced, countries plan to ‘cancel out’ the left-over difficult to decarbonise emissions, such as those from agriculture, by using forests and soils to remove carbon from the atmosphere. These mean forests and soils could lose their stored carbon back to the atmosphere.
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Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 20, 2022
research project involving scientists from across the UK and partners across Europe aims to assess the risk that climate change poses to UK peatlands and create the capability to better manage these important ecosystems. A five-year, £3.7m
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 16, 2022
Soils influence water quality, and they are critical to plant growth. However, it has been difficult to predict how plant growth and water quality would change in the wake of wildfires. When we fed data about the microbes and nutrients into this model, we were able to predict how soil is changed by fire far more accurately.”.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 21, 2022
She has done a lot of research on how climate change will affect Scandinavian plant communities. The changes in the plant communities will probably also be self-reinforcing because the plants will change the soil. Warmer weather favours grass and flowering plants at the expense of the mosses that dominate today.”.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Lead author of the study Jane Lucas measures CO2 production from prairie soil samples in Moscow, Idaho (image credit: Dana Whitmore). Combined stressors could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon, says a group from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
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